Driving observations
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Joined: Aug 2013
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From: Post Falls, ID
Stop signs in Ca are, "slow, look for cop, punch it".
The forward creep at red lights is subconscious telepathy that the signal is taking too long to change to green. Basically the driver is telling the light to hurry up and change.
The forward creep at red lights is subconscious telepathy that the signal is taking too long to change to green. Basically the driver is telling the light to hurry up and change.
Last edited by upflying; Aug 14, 2013 at 07:57 PM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Florida
From what I've seen, a lot of the red light/stop sign "creepers" are on their phones texting and are giving themselves an "error cushion". Same with the turtles at green lights. People seem to think it's the appropriate time to use their phone at stops. I actually have co-workers (young girls) tell me they don't text and drive. They only do it at red lights. 
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Bemidji, MN
The afterthought stop is very common-I have swerved mid intersection as I genuinely have thought I was about to be t-boned...
The other issue I have noticed here is a lack of understanding at four-way stops...idiocy all around.
The other issue I have noticed here is a lack of understanding at four-way stops...idiocy all around.
I was more than surprised to move to S Fl from London and find the appalling standard of driving here.Lack of turn signals, texting and cell phone conversations, no courtesy (nobody lets you in or signals to let you pass or enter an intersection), tailgating, left lane hoggers, middle lane hoggers, closing the door so you can't pass, drifting across lanes, stopping in left lanes cos they've missed their turn, wide U turns, turning and crossing lanes. Even in parking lots I rarely ever see turn signals used, or people turning into or out of their driveways.
I was back in London in June and they are for the most part better drivers over there. Maybe it's a S Florida thing, but having taken my driving test 8 years ago when I moved here I suspect it's lack of driving skills. The Florida driving test is about 8 minutes in a parking lot and was nothing more than stopping at a stop sign, parking and backing up between cones and an emergency stop. Hardly a skill test.
I was back in London in June and they are for the most part better drivers over there. Maybe it's a S Florida thing, but having taken my driving test 8 years ago when I moved here I suspect it's lack of driving skills. The Florida driving test is about 8 minutes in a parking lot and was nothing more than stopping at a stop sign, parking and backing up between cones and an emergency stop. Hardly a skill test.
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From: In The Corn, Illinois
I was a at a 4 way stop yesterday and the woman on the right of me was making a right turn and she didn't even slow down for her stop sign. She just ran right through it.
There's never a LEO around when you need one.
There's never a LEO around when you need one.
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From: Central Texas
Aint that the truth Firewoman but they are all over the place if you don't want one around.
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From: Canadian in Germany
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